Belt buckle



June 24 1924. 1,499,129

M. STARMER BELT BUCKLE Filed July 14. 1923 @MQW ' illustrated onePatented tlune 24, 1924.

STATES MARY STAB/MER, 0F NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA.

BELT BUCKLE.

Application filed July 14, 19253. Serial No. 651,612.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, MARY STARMER, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at New port News, in the county of `Warwick and State ofVirginia, have invented new and useful .improvements in Belt Buckles, ofwhichthe following is a specification.

The belt buckle of the invention is designed as a part of wearingapparel for use with waist belts for either men or women, as a.connecting and fastening device for the ends of the belt, which devicemay be manipulated with facility and is effective in performing itsrequired functions. In combination with the buckle of my invention Ialso utilize means foi receiving and securing the chain bar usually wornat the end of a watch chain.

The invention consists -in certain novel combinations and arrangementsof parts involving the belt buckle and the adjusting buckle as willhereinafter be more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings l have complete example of the physicalembodiment of my invention wherein the parts are combined and arrangedin accordance with the principles of my invention.

Figure l is a front view at the front of the belt showing the beltbuckle and adjusting buckle in their proper relation.

Figure Q, is a view similar to Figure l at the reverse or inner side ofthe belt.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the belt buckle and adjustingbuckle with the belt ends in secured position.

Figure t is an enlarged, detail, horizontal sectional view of a portionof the belt buckle.

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view of a portion of the belt buckle.

Figure 6 is a detail perspective view of the adjusting buckle for thebelt.

The belt, of which the two ends A and B are illustrated, may be ofleather, fabric or other suitable material, and preferably is providedwith an eyelet near each of its looped ends as indicated at A and B forsecuring the parts of the fastening devices. The belt buckle l is shownas of lrectangular shape and is stamped or otherwise fash ioned fromsheet metal, with a top flange 2 and a bottom iange 3 extendinglongitudinally throughout its length and at the rear or inner sidethereof.

Near one end of the buckle a pair of complementary bosses land 4 arefashioned, as by stamping, in the flanges 2. and 3, and these bossesproject toward the longitudinal center of the buckle to afford bearingsfor a wire loop 5 to which the belt end A is attached and which holdsthis looped or folded end of the belt flat while inl use. The wire loopis of rectangular shape and is positioned at the rear of the bucklewithin the upper and lower flanges 2 and 3 to anchor the end A of thebelt. As shown in Fi s. 2 and 3 the end of the belt is folded afterbeing passed through the loop, and the folded extremity of the belt issecured to the loop by'slipping the eye A over a prong 6 located at theapproximate center of the inner bar of the rectangular loop. At itsupper and lower ends the loop isVV fashioned with alined coils or rings7 and 7 which are slipped over the respective bosses l and 4 in thebuckle flanges for the purpose of retaining the loop in position at therear of the buckle. The bearings afforded the loop by these bosses andcoils, which latter form sockets, allow a slight oscillating movement ofthe loop in ordervthat it may be properly adjusted to retain the end Aof the belt and with this end lie snugly within the buckle.

At the end ,of the buckle opposite to this loop is fashioned alongitudinally extending spring tongue or hook 8 which may be fashionedfrom the material of the buckle and is spaced therefrom to permitconnection of the fastening link 9 carried at the end B of the belt. Thefastening hook 8 and fastening link 9 may be of any suitable shape, butthey are here shown rectangular to insurea stable connection, and thehook may be fashioned with an offset groove 8 for the retention of thefastening link 9.

By utilizing a single piece of wire and the proper machine tools thelink is fashioned as an integral part of the larger attaching link 10 towhich the looped and folded end B of the belt is attached, and anintegral shank 1l formed from the ends of the wire constituting thesetwo links, is located between the looped belt end. The fastening linkand the attaching link are concealed at the back of the buckle, whilethe shank which is located between the looped part of the belt is alsoconcealed and affords a Enger hold for the belt end B when the latter isbeing con nected or fastened tothe buckle l.

wearer of the Vand 2O which may be lbuckle along the latter.

The buckle at its rear side is provided with an upwardly projectingtongue 12, which rises from the bottom flange 3 to a suitable height forthe purpose of forming a retaining device, Vand at the side of thistongue a vertically disposed slot 18 is pro vided between the tongue anda flat back plate 14 of the buckle, the llat plate as noted rising fromthe edge of the flange 3. rllhese parts are for the accommodation `ofthe chain bar 15 and watch-chain 16 of the belt and as will be evidentfrom an inspection of Fig. 2 are designed toV support the chain andsecurely hold the chair bar, both of which are indicated by dottedlines. rllhe bar is slipped between the tongue 12 and plate 14 at oneside and the body of the buckle at the other side and rests securelywithin the parts on the bottoni flange 3 with the chain 16 suspendedthrough the bottom of the slot 13. ln the absence of the bar 15 from thechain the usual springring carried in lieu thereof on the chain may besuspended from the hole or opening 17 near the upper edge of the plate111 the rear of the buckle, and in either event the suspending parts ofthe chain are concealed from view at the back of the buckle and securelyfastened to the buckle. Y Y In connection with the end B of the belt Iutilize an adjusting buckle indicated as a whole by the numeral 18 whichis made up in 4suitable manner from a. metalplate and provided witht'opand bottom flanges 19 1 ped between the thumb and fingers for slidingthe adjusting the belt to shorten or, lengthen lThe end B of the belt ispassed through a rectangular shaped wire loop 21 and then passed throughthe attaching link 10, after which the extremity of the belt end isagain passed through the loop 21 and the eyelet B of the belt is slippedover a prong 22 on this loop 21, to anchor the folded and looped end Bof the belt.

Wire loop 21 is vertically disposed between thetwo flanges 19 and 2O ofthe ad justing buckle 18 and is hinged or pivoted in a sleeve 23fashioned at one side of the adjusting buckle in order that the folds ofthe looped belt end may lie flat within the adjusting buckle. To holdthe buckle 1S in adjusted position on the belt l utilize a toothed jaw24E, preferably made integral with the sleeve 23 of the buckle 18, yandit will be apparent from Figure 3 of the drawings that this toothed jawengages the outer or front face of the belt where it enters theadjusting buckle and by impingeinent fric tionally holds the buckleagainst slipping on the belt. ln this manner the looped and fol ded endof the belt at B is retained against slipping within the adjustingbuckle and the length of the belt is properly maintained.V As is thecase with the belt buckle. the operative parts of the adjusting buckleare concealed behind the latter buckle` and as seen in Figure 1 thebuckles and'belt present a neat appearance capable of properornamentation for the well groomed person.

rlhe belt buckle and the4 adjusting buckle may readily be detached fromone belt and attached to another belt when desired thus adapting themfor use with' diiferent dresses or different suits of clothes, and thebelt ends, through the instrumentality of the fastening hookandfastening link may with facility be connected or coupled, anddisengaged as desired..V Y

Having thus fully described my invention,

what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. Vl`hecombination with a belt buckle having upper and lower flanges and alinedbosses thereon, of a hinged fastening loop,

for a belt end, having sockets complementaryrto said bosses, and meanson said loop for engaging an eyelet in the folded belt end.

rlhe combination with a belt buckle having upper and lower flanges andalined bosses thereon, of a rectangular wire-loop having coils formingcomplementary socle ets for saidbosses, and a prong on said wireloop forengaging an eyelet on a folded belt end.

MARY STARMER.

